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Southern California Couple that Charged Police with Racism Arrested For Fraud

Apr 17 2017 // A Southern California couple that had filed an official complaint accusing police officers of racism, has been arrested for insurance fraud and filing a false police report.Lamont Goodwin, 33, and Sylvia Camarillo, 31,...

United Educators Insurance Expands <br/>Police Professional Endorsement

Apr 17 2017 // Bethesda, MD, April 17, 2017— United Educators Insurance (UE), a Reciprocal Risk Retention Group (RRG) celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, is expanding its seamless coverage endorsement to outline protection for...

Texas Driver Who Collided with Church Bus Had Taken Pills, Records Show

Apr 13 2017 // A 20-year-old man whose pickup collided with a church minibus last month in rural Texas, killing 13 people, told state troopers he had taken prescription medication before driving and had marijuana in his truck, according...

Opposition Growing Against Iowa 911 Secrecy Bill

Apr 5 2017 // Civil rights groups, media advocates and some lawmakers are opposing an Iowa bill that would end public access to many 911 calls, a broadly-worded measure that also could shield some police videos.The bill declares that...

Police Report on Uber Self-Driving Car Crash Tells Complex Tale

Mar 30 2017 // A recent crash involving an Uber Technologies Inc. driverless car suggests autonomous software sometimes takes the same risks as the humans it may one day replace.The accident on Friday in Tempe, Arizona, caused no major...

Crackdown on Spring Breakers Leads to Fewer Arrests Along Alabama Coast

Mar 28 2017 // Police in Alabama’s two largest beach towns say they’re arrested more than 450 spring breakers so far this year, and that’s a big improvement from last year.Police in both Orange Beach and Gulf Shores are...

Alabama Supreme Court: Passenger Injured in Car Chase Can’t Sue City, Police

Mar 27 2017 // A woman who was hurt in a car crash that ended a police chase more than three years ago can’t sue the officers or the suburban Birmingham city where it occurred, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday.The justices...

Police Investigate Alabama Mosque Burglaries

Mar 21 2017 // Authorities are trying to determine whether a series of break-ins at mosques in Alabama might be linked to a similar case in Virginia based partly on similarities shown in surveillance photos, officials said Friday.Images...

Colorado Bill to Curb Growing Pot at Home Making Way Through Legislature

Mar 15 2017 // The nation’s most generous grow-your-own marijuana laws came closer this week to being curbed in Colorado, where the state House advanced a pair of bills aimed at cracking down on people who grow weed outside the...

Woman Seeks $350M in Suit Over 2015 Texas Biker Shootout

Mar 10 2017 // A Texas woman is asking for $350 million in damages after alleging in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that her civil rights were violated when she was wrongfully arrested in the wake of a deadly 2015 gun battle involving...

Louisiana Woman Pleads Guilty in Texas in Opioid Pill Mill Case

Mar 9 2017 // Carolina Giselle Berrio, a/k/a “Carolina Slocum Berrio,” “Karrie,” 37, of Lafayette, Louisiana is the latest defendant to plead guilty to being involved in a large opioid “pill mill”...

XL Catlin & PGU to Offer EPLI Cover for Public Officials, Educators & Police

Mar 3 2017 // XL Catlin’s insurance companies and Professional Governmental Underwriters Inc. (PGU) have entered into an underwriting agreement to offer public entity management and employment practices liability insurance (EPLI)...

Police Say Worker Dies After Falling from Roof of Massachusetts Home

Feb 27 2017 // Police say a man working on a house under construction in Duxbury, Mass., has died in a fall from the roof.The Patriot Ledger reports that police and firefighters were called to the construction site at around 7:45 a.m....

Wisconsin Police Officers Targeting Aggressive Drivers

Feb 14 2017 // Police across Wisconsin have ramped up efforts to stop aggressive driving by writing more speeding tickets.The strategy is appearing to work, as citations increased nearly 7 percent in 2015, to more than 172,000, the...

Driver in Double Fatal Tesla Crash in Indiana Was Drunk, Police Say

Feb 10 2017 // The driver of a speeding Tesla electric car that crashed and burned in Indianapolis, killing her and a passenger, was too drunk to drive, according to a police report released Wednesday.The report, which includes...

Officials Visited California Warehouse Before Deadly Fire, Records Show

Feb 10 2017 // Police officers responded to complaints of a raucous “rave” at a California warehouse illegally used as an entertainment venue and residence two years before a late-night fire at the venue killed 36 partygoers,...

Facebook Takes Search Warrant Challenge to New York’s Top Court

Feb 9 2017 // Facebook and Manhattan prosecutors went to New York state’s highest court Tuesday to settle a legal dispute over search warrants for users’ accounts, a closely watched case with big implications for online...

Tennessee Police to Monitor School Buses After Deadly Crash

Feb 9 2017 // Law enforcement officers in Tennessee plan to follow and ride Hamilton County school buses at random after a bus crash killed six students in November.The Times Free Press says the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Hamilton County...

Oregon Jury Sides With City in Police Dog Attack

Feb 6 2017 // An Oregon jury has ruled against a man who sued the city of Salem after he was bitten by a police dog.The Statesman Journal reported John Hillebrand sought $1 million for physical pain, emotional harm and legal fees....

More Than 50 Guns Stolen from North Carolina Gun Show

Feb 2 2017 // Police in Greensboro, N.C., say more than 50 guns were stolen from a gun show over the weekend.Police said in a release Monday security guards reported the theft Sunday before the Greensboro Gun and Knife Show opened....